Posts by rebel8

So anyway, one time I put a haunted house tape playing in the kh basement. That might have been a service meeting or hall cleaning, can't remember. I thought it was going to be epic hilarious, but they were just mad and still scared even after I showed them the tape. Inconsolable.

Another time I spent probably half an hour gently placing lint balls from my sweater on top of some sista's head at the assembly. She was sitting in the row ahead of me in stadium seating, so I could reach her head easily. She never felt a thing and I just silently cracked up the entire time. (I'm doing the same thing right now. Ah, the memories.) Tears streaming down, the whole thing. I started stacking the lint balls on top of each other to see how bold I could get before she felt it. Finally someone else nearby told her and I got in trouble. lol.

I kept a fork in my purse and (gently) poked one sista with it every time she gave me a hard time. Poked her right in the fat rolls, and then denied it. She was always bossing me around at the meetings & saying nasty things. Got away with it for months before my mom searched my purse.

I am not saying these are appropriate, nice or mature things to do. I was a child/teenager in a mind control cult that was trying to murder me, so heck yeah I used whatever coping skill I could muster.

Did a lot of mocking people's singing and jw lingo.

Once I told an elder I had an unbaptized friend who was pregnant outside of wedlock and could he perform a wedding. Strung him along for a while, then told him it was my dog.

Bros with clip-on ties learned to guard it when I was around. I would pull them off.

I think I put some cartoons or something like that on the bulletin board.

Shoved gum wrappers into the donation box.

In my later teens, when I was involuntarily pioneering, I was rarely serious.

Kept popping my trunk back open after a bro tried to shut it, and I told him he just needed to do it harder. He couldn't figure out why he was unable to shut it. I asked him if he ate his Wheaties.

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what is 'the arrangement' exactly?

by sowhatnow in

we often hear the phrase.

its used to accuse.... they did not follow j's arrangement, you have to live by j's arrangement.

or to brag.... its all due to j's arrangement , we work with his org, and according to the arrangement.

rebel8

Oh come on, that was the most hilarious post I've ever made. The things I do for you people.

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what is 'the arrangement' exactly?

by sowhatnow in

we often hear the phrase.

its used to accuse.... they did not follow j's arrangement, you have to live by j's arrangement.

or to brag.... its all due to j's arrangement , we work with his org, and according to the arrangement.

rebel8

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How did you get through mind numbing meetings?

by minimus in

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as an elder, i used to find a legitimate reason to wander.

rebel8

Among other things, I used to "take notes" in shorthand. My 'notes' said things like, "f-ing lies". lol

Also, I played lots of practical jokes on the sistas and bros. Lots.

For years, my main goal for meetings and ass-emblies was to not get in trouble for LMAO. I was incessantly giggling for about 5 years straight, because of the notes and jokes, and other stuff I'd think up to amuse myself.

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JWs and Multiple Personality Disorder

by Illuminated in

i remember the first time i was hit with my loves cult personality.

knowing the real him, my jaw dropped witnessing this switch.

i thought he had lost it.

rebel8

"Dissociative disorder" is not the same thing as "Dissociative Identity Disorder".

You can Google the definitions of these things but they has nothing to do with cognitive dissonance or typical cultist behavior.

Unless Hassan's using the common/dictionary definition of the word dissociation instead of the clinical definition/diagnostic criteria sense), then I completely disagree with him. And even if he is, that is not the same thing as DID.

Calling cultism medical disorders mucks up the issue. Once we can understand what it really is, we can reduce it, but calling it something else eliminates that possibility.

Cultism is not a disease. It's a lot of things, but it's not a medical condition.

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Last nights meeting...

by DATA-DOG in

i know dubs are delusional.

i know dubs don't reason well.

i know dubs are a bit off, like many groups.

rebel8

The Emperor has new clothes!

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As I move further away from theWT.....

by Viviane in

i've, over the years, looked into many religions.

obviously, from those that have seen me post here, i've become an atheist simply because i couldn't find any reason to believe in god.

recently, though, over the past few months, a new change has started.

rebel8

I went through a similar process too.

It's kind of like the Santa Claus myth. Each culture and generation added something to it. Before you know it, Coca Cola does an ad campaign with Santa wearing the same red in their product. Then Santa's always wearing red, and no one remembers that he wore anything else before.

Humans revise myths all the time as they gain momentum. They become a part of us and we forget how silly it all is.

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It's could've damn you! COULD'VE!! Not "could of". Aaaaaaargh!

by nicolaou in

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friends

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3y0cd2cocs.

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rebel8

My coworker inserted some comments into Excel cells. It's really cool. She said all you have to do to read them is click on the carrot.

Today I combinded several spreadsheets into one.

Does that make since?